While Perplexity has proven to be one of the most powerful AI tools to compete with Google since its launch, the company has until now focused on search.
However, in a press release published this Thursday, May 29, Perplexity unveiled new features that show its ambitions go much further. And while the future should tell us whether users will adopt Perplexity Labs or not, it remains very promising...
Longer analyses of 10 minutes
Even today, Perplexity is particularly appreciated for its ability to break down user requests into several tasks. This explains why the results given by Perplexity sometimes take longer to be generated compared to competitors like OpenAI's ChatGPT, with a strong added value in the display of the sources used.
Perplexity Labs – Source: Perplexity
As can be read in the press release announcing Perplexity Labs, these new features would allow to extend the analysis time by 10 minutes, opening the door to an infinite number of new projects…
And while Perplexity’s research has so far been limited to web page text, Perplexity Labs should allow analysis of images or even code depending on user needs.
Perplexity introduces code, image, and spreadsheet generation
Thanks to its new analysis capabilities available in the $20 per month subscription, Perplexity Pro now allows you to write and run code to generate images, graphs, or even spreadsheets.
All documents created as part of a project with Perplexity Pro will be made available in a dedicated tab. Users will be able to find graphs, tables, or even Python code.
In the few examples shared on the Perplexity website, we can already access concrete cases around finance, audiovisual, or even commercial prospecting.
Perplexity Labs – Source: Perplexity
AI-generated mini-applications for businesses
In addition to multiplying response formats, Perplexity Labs also integrates "mini-applications" that could be compared to dashboards that aggregate data or mini-sites.
Although this functionality is available to all Perplexity Pro users, its uses should mainly focus on the business side. With the release of Perplexity Enterprise Pro last year, Perplexity seems to be gradually moving towards a range of tools for professionals based on artificial intelligence.
If the use of Perplexity Labs becomes more widespread in businesses, this should also allow the organization to succeed in its $500 million fundraising round announced earlier in May…
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